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UNITED STATES PATENT @Ericaa TTO STECHHAN, OF INDIANAPOLS, INDIANA.

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vSii?ECIE'ICA'I'IIOIN' forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,478, dated April S, 1884. K

Application filed May l5, 1883. (No model.)

parts, Figure lis a side elevation of the frame;

work of a chair embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the same; Fig. 3,21 section of a portion of the framework and of one oi the side pieces of the reclining haelt of the chair on the dotted line z e in Fig. 4; Fig. 1, a section on the dotted line 1/ y in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detail side elevation similar to a portion of Fig. l; and Fiv. G, a vertical Sectional view, looking to the right from the dotted line a:

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame-work of the chair; B, the adj estable reclining back; C, the raclcbars hy which said hack is secured in position; D, a swinging foot-rest, and E a bar connected to the haci; B, which operates 1said foot-rest.

The framework A is of a solid and suitable construction, adapted to receive the upholstering and sustain the other portions of the chair. The arms A thereof are hinged to the front uprights by hinges a', and have the devices A2 securedy thereto at the rear ends. Said devices Ai have catches ai, with which the rackhars C engage, and hooked ends c", which extend down and engage with the pins o?. These ends e* extend down on each side of the rearstandards of the frame, and thus hold the arm A from any sidewise movement. Said pins a5 extend through the rear uprights of the frame-work, and serve both as rests for the rack-hars and, through the devices A2, to limit the upward movement of the arms A.

The back 'B is an ordinary reclining hack, sustained in position by the rack-bars C, and preferably mounted insocket-joints or hearings in the iramewor r-A, where it is secured in position by pivot-bolts or screws b, which down to a proper point to connect with the rod E.

The rack-hars C are connected to the sides of the hack 'B by pins or bolts 7o', and pass through slots or mortises a, formed to receive them in the rear standards of the frame A. rlhey are notched in the usual manner of a ratch, as is shown most plainly in Fig. 8, and are thus adapted to engage with the catches ai on the devices A2. They are also provided with slots o, extending through the greater portion of their length, which pass over the pins ai. Said pins prevent any appreciable vertical movement of these raclobars at this point, and thus insure that the catches shall promptly engage therewith or he disengaged as the arms A are lowered or raised.

The swinging foot-rest D is hinged to the frame A, at the front edge of the seat portion, hy hinges d, and is caused by the' hack B, through the rod E, to assume varying positions corresponding to the positions of said bach.

The rod E is secured at one end to the portion B of the hack B hy a pivot, c. Its other end rests upon a cross-har of the frame A, and hears an anti-friction roller, e', which rests against the under side of the i`oot-rest D. As the hack B is swung hack and forth said footrest, through this har, is operated in a corresponding manner. The antifriction truck e causes it to operate easily, and, there being no other connection between the rod E and the foot-rest D, permits said foot-rest to he moved independently of said rod, when desired.

My said chair is easily mana-ged, it being only necessary for the occupant to lean forward to raise the hack and to raise the arms A slightly, so that the notches in the rack-bars C will become disengaged from the catches a, andlean hack to give it a greater inclination. It is also simple and inexpensive to manufacture'.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rIhe combination, in a reclining-chair, oi' the frame-work A, the reclining back B, the notched hars G, the arms A, hinged to the lOO front uprights of said frame-Work and extending back and resting upon the rear uprights thereof, and catches upon the under side of said arms, which enter the notches in said 5 bars When said arms are in lowered position, and are Withdrawn from said notches by raising the arms, substantially as shown and speciiied. 2. The combination, in a recliningchair, of the frame-work, the back, the rack-bars having longitudinal slots therein, pins extending through the rear uprights of said frame-Work and said rack-bars, hinged arms, and catches on said arms which engage With the notches in said rack-bars, substantially as shown and I5 specified.

3. The combination of. the frame-Work, the back, the rack-bar, the hinged arm A, the device A2, having catch as, and hooked portions at, and pins a5, extending through the rear uprights of said framework, and adapted to en- 2o gage With said hooked portions a", substan# tially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 10th day of May, A. D. 1883.

OTTO STECIIHAN; [L s] In presence of- O. BRADFORD, CHAs. L. THURBER. 

